Auction 123 - Session 2
Date: 2023-05-24 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 484
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.85 g, 1h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right / Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1785. Light iridescence with residual luster, slightly off center on obverse. EF. An outstanding portrait in high relief. Well detailed reverse. Sextus Pompey came of age during the ascendancy of his father, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), as the leading general of Rome. After Pompey's defeat by Julius Caesar at Pharsalus in August of 48 BC, and his treacherous murder in Egypt later that year, Sextus joined the Pompeian resistance to Caesar in Spain. Caesar's assassination on March 15, 44 BC brought a brief revival of Senatorial control, during which Sextus relocated to Massalia in southern Gaul. In April of 43 BC, the Senate appointed him commander of the Roman fleet. Although the promotion was rescinded three months later, Sextus wasted no time in seizing Sicily and spent the next months building an impregnable power base on the island even as Rome fell under the sway of Caesar's political heirs, the Triumvirs Antony, Octavian and Lepidus. While the Triumvirs hunted down Caesar's assassins, Sextus enjoyed a rollicking life as a pirate king, using his fleet to raid far and wide.This attractive denarius belongs to his piratical period on Sicily and honors his father, Pompey the Great, on the obverse, while the reverse depicts the sea god Neptune along with the semi-legendary Catanean twins, Anapius and Amphinomus, who rescued their parents from an eruption of Mount Aetna and became symbols of filial piety.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 485
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.84 g, 3h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right / Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1785. Small banker's marks on obverse. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 486
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.78 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; RBW 1557. Attractive deep cabinet tone with some luster, some horn silver. Good VF. From the Collection of a London Novelist, purchased from Sovereign Rarities.Julius Caesar and his armies assembled on the banks of the Rubicon River on 10 January 49 BC, ready to invade Italy. Since large quantities of denarii were necessary to pay Caesar's military expenses, the mint traveled with them. This issue was ordered, not by a moneyer, as was usual, but by Julius Caesar himself. The obverse clearly depicts the triumph of good over evil, numismatic propaganda designed to encourage Caesar's soldiers during the long, intense campaign. The reverse, depicting priestly emblems, tells of Caesar's office as Pontifex Maximus, high priest. In all likelihood, this type was used by Caesar's military forces at least until the decisive battle of Pharsalus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 487
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.76 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; RBW 1557. Minor roughness and delamination. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 488
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; RBW 1557. Minor marks on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 489
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.85 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; RBW 1557. Lightly toned, underlying luster, minor marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 490
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; RBW 1557. Flan flaw at edge, roughness, off center on reverse. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 491
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late spring-early summer 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.99 g, 11h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Diademed female head (Clementia?) right, wearing oak wreath; LII (= 52, Caesar's age) to left / Gallic trophy, holding oval shield and carnyx surmonted by wolf's head; securis to right. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; Sydenham 1009; RSC 18; DCA 937; RBW –. Toned, patches of iridescence, minor deposits. EF. Ex J. Westervelt Collection (Knobloch FPL 25 [December 1964]), no. 246.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 492
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late spring-early summer 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.01 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Diademed female head (Clementia?) right, wearing oak wreath; LII (= 52, Caesar's age) to left / Gallic trophy, holding oval shield and carnyx surmonted by wolf's head; securis to right. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; Sydenham 1009; RSC 18; DCA 937; RBW –. Light roughness, dig on obverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 493
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12; RBW 1600. Attractive old cabinet tone, off center on reverse. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 494
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.88 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12; RBW 1600. Lustrous, scratch in field on obverse, graffiti on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 495
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.82 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12; RBW 1600. Lightly toned, banker's mark on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 496
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 47 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Mint in Sicily (Lilybaeum?); Aulus Allienus, proconsular governor of Sicily. Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Trinacrus standing left, foot on prow, holding triskeles and cloak, resting elbow on knee. Crawford 457/1; CRI 54; Sydenham 1022; RSC 1; RBW 1599. Toned, minor flan crack, banker's mark on obverse. Good VF. Well centered. Before embarking for North Africa from the Sicilian port of Lilybaeum, Caesar spent some time on the island organizing the invasion force with which he was going to confront Scipio and the other Pompeians. During this period (late 47 BC), a small issue of denarii was produced in Caesar's name by Aulus Allienus, who had been appointed proconsular governor of Sicily the preceding year. The issue – one of the rarest in the Caesarian series – was unusual in that it bore the name of one of the dictator's lieutenants in addition to his own name, a feature more characteristic of the Pompeian coinage.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 497
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.95 g, 9h). Rome mint; A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled head of female (Vesta or Pietas?) right; C • CAESAR COS TER around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, capis, and securis; A • HIRTIVS • PR around from lower left. Crawford 466/1; Molinari 464-5 (D86/R303); CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; RBW 1634. Reddish tone, minor deposits and scratches, die rust. Near VF. From the D.K. Collection.Aulus Hirtius, friend and confidant of Julius Caesar, was praetor in 46 BC, and thus charged with the distribution of the first truly large issue of Roman gold coins to date. The aurei were for distribution to the general's successful troops after their final victory over the Pompeians in Africa at Thapsus. Each legionary received 5000 denarii (200 aurei), centurions twice that. Since Caesar had at least 40,000 legionnaires at Thapsus, the amount of coin needed was immense. But the amount of booty collected from Caesar's many campaigns was also colossal, and Hirtius seems to have been able to supply the need. Hirtius later finished the dictator's memoirs after his assassination and was himself killed at the Battle of Mutina in 43 BC.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 498
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Early 46 BC. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 8.02 g, 9h). Rome mint; A. Hirtius, praetor. Veiled head of female (Vesta or Pietas?) right; C • CAESAR COS TER around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: lituus, capis, and securis; A • HIRTIVS • PR around from lower left. Crawford 466/1; Molinari 413-6 (D70/R279); CRI 56; Sydenham 1018; RBW 1634. Minor deposits, underlying luster. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 499
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-April 46 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.83 g, 8h). Uncertain mint, possibly Utica. Wreathed head of Ceres right / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; D (donativum = largess) to right. Crawford 467/1a; CRI 57; Sydenham 1023; RSC 4a; RBW 1637. Toned with iridescence. EF. From the D.K. Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 500
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Diademed head of Venus right, with Cupid over her shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms, composed of helmet and cuirass, oval shield and carnyx in each hand; two seated captives at base, the one on left a female in attitude of dejection, the one on right a bearded male with hands bound behind him. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; Sydenham 1014; RSC 13; RBW 1639. Minor marks. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 501
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 11h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Draped bust of Venus left, wearing stephane; small Cupid at point of bust; lituus to left, scepter to right / Trophy of Gallic arms, holding a shield and carnyx in each hand; on left, kneeling bearded male captive seated left, looking right; on right, seated female captive right, resting head in hand. Crawford 468/2; CRI 59; Sydenham 1015; RSC 14; RBW 1640. Hints of luster, minor marks. Good VF. Well centered, and an attractive style.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 502
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Draped bust of Venus left, wearing stephane; small Cupid at point of bust; lituus to left, scepter to right / Trophy of Gallic arms, holding a shield and carnyx in each hand; on left, kneeling bearded male captive seated left, looking right; on right, seated female captive right, resting head in hand. Crawford 468/2; CRI 59; Sydenham 1015; RSC 14; RBW 1640. Underlying luster, area of weak strike. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 503
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.04 g, 11h). Rome mint; L. Munatius Plancus, praefectus Urbi. Draped and winged bust of Victory right, hair rolled back and collected into a knot behind; C • CAES upward to left, DIC • TER downward to right / Guttus (single-handled sacrificial jug); L • PLANC upward to left, PRAEF • (VR)B downward to right. Crawford 475/1a; CRI 60; Sydenham 1019; Bahrfeldt 20; Calicó 45; RBW 1663. Lightly toned with residual luster, off center and scrape on reverse. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 504
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.09 g, 12h). Rome mint; L. Munatius Plancus, praefectus Urbi. Draped and winged bust of Victory right, hair rolled back and collected into a knot behind; C • CAES upward to left, DIC • TER downward to right / Guttus (single-handled sacrificial jug); L • PLANC upward to left, PRAEF • (VR)B downward to right. Crawford 475/1a; CRI 60; Sydenham 1019; Bahrfeldt 20; Calicó 45; RBW 1663. Light porosity, minor marks. VF. From the D.K. Collection.